Emotional Harper Interview.. Immigration Changes.. PM's Kids Grow Up

December 19, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Harper Gets Emotional In Interview On School Shooting OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he couldn't bear to keep watching the news coverage over the weekend of the tragic school shooting in Connecticut. Continue reading... Immigration Points System Gets Makeover Is This Legal In Canada? LOOK: Harper's Kids Then And Now Stephen Harper's Children Then And Now (PHOTOS, VIDEO) NDP-Liberal Alliance Might Still Lose To Tories, Poll Suggests Chief Theresa Spence Hunger Strike: Opposition Calls On Harper To End It DIANE FRANCIS The Nexen Deal Is Only the Beginning After the Nexen deal was approved, Prime Minister Stephen Harper framed this as the "end of a trend" not the "beginning" of a buyout frenzy by more sovereign-owned enterprises (SOEs). But this is not the end. This is the beginning of the beginning. Phone calls are already being made to launch new buyouts by foreigners here. Continue reading... CHRISTOPHER SANDS Why Canada-U.S. Relations Are Like a Hockey Game Think of the U.S.-Canada economic relationship as a hockey game (remember hockey? Sigh.) In the first year, despite the distractions posed by the 2012 elections and a series of U.S. budget battles, the governments of Canada and the United States have made a strong start on improving border and regulatory cooperation. Continue reading... WAB KINEW Idle No More Is Not Just an "Indian Thing" What is "Idle No More"? To me this conversation is more than just an "Indian Thing." It is one that Canadians of all backgrounds should pay attention to, if not participate in. The ideals that are underlying this action are ones to which we all aspire, even if we may disagree on how exactly to pursue them. Continue reading... SANGITA IYER Does "Objectivity" Belong in Newscasts About Climate Change? Although climate change seems to be insidiously disrupting our social fabric, it makes the newscast only when there's a dramatic natural disaster. But given the strong consensus between the media and environmental advocates that objectivity doesn't do justice for climate change how can the news media provide effective coverage of climate change? Continue reading... SYED HUSSAN The Great Tory Rip-Off of Migrant Workers Just last week, Federal Human Resources Minister Diane Finley took away special E.I. benefits from migrant workers through a quiet Thursday afternoon regulatory change. She did this assuming that most people wouldn't notice. Just in 2008, migrant workers and their employers paid an estimated 300-million dollars in to E.I. but were only able to access some paternal, maternal and compassionate benefits. Now even that has been made off-limits. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.